Look at what china pple sae abt our new 155mm gun!!

last SG · 2005-11-07T21:53:30+00:00

Let them say whatever they want….At the end of the day our NSF pay will be higher than them…....We convert to their money we earn quite a lum sum…..

Shotgun SG

I believe it is still to Singapore's advantage to have a strong US presence in Asia. Somehow, I believe more tensions and conflicts will arise should there be a balance of military power between US and China. When there is a balance of military might, chances of having a showdown is higher.

If one side is always significantly weaker than the other, risks of war is lower. No war, more $$.

SMAPLionHeart SG

Japan wanted whole of asia.

Naturally after taking half of china you would look forward to more domination.
And to prove domination over fellow yellow skinned.

You've got island formosa , korea , china , and the next yellow skinned country would be S.E.A

SMAPLionHeart SG

Basically japanese language and culture is based on their view of China's language on culture.

therefore it comes the language and culture similarities etc.

They wanted to prove themselves as better then China..

SMAPLionHeart SG

As China is rising , China might do the same back to Japan.

If USA wasn't around , Taiwan would have been under China's possession by now. and Japan would have got it's asses whacked for interfering

Korea also would have been neutral and watch japan getting wacked.
Korea also might have turned communists and join China in the battle?

sgdiehard SG

Strong or weak presence is rather relative and there are different dimensions.

From another angle, does US depend on its military to assert its power, does it exercise its diplomatic influence to exert its presence, or does it make use of its economic power to make its presence known?

Outside of Japan and Korea we dont see strong US military presence.

Military showdown will not develop if there are economic exchanges, military showdown can be avoided only through regular diplomatic contacts. A showdown between a weak nation facing a significantly stronger force will only result in the use of extreme measure, in the case of North Korea, China, Pakistan and India, it will be nuclear weapons!

Besides, there will be no peace in the region if there are suicide bombings every now and then against American targets. The greater the US presence, the greater the risks of terrorists attack.

Asia has come under great influence of the US since WW2, but how many countries in Asia are truly pro-American? Not sure about Thailand and the Philippines, dont think the Vietnamese like the Yankees, and definitely not Malaysia and Indonesia. And if US continue to take China as their potential enemy, they may soon realize that they actually do not have many friends in Asia.

and how well are things americans received by the Asians now? I now have more choice than hamburger and kentucky, like ramian and jiaozi (ginza), and I now watch more Korean, Japanese movies and tv than those from Hollywood.

IMF, under the US has lost the trust of Asian businessmen in US as a savior in a financial crisis. The war in iraq has also put US in a bad light among the muslim countries in the region.

There is a lot the US need to do in their presence in Asia, putting a few more carrier groups will not help, trying to counter the rise of China will not serve any purpose.

SpecOps87 SG

Still,N.Korea is a necessary evil for us to wipe out.Sould ride in and save the population there.Sunday times really disturbed me about the harsh living conditions in N.Korea. Why should the people be starving and dying,while their leader does nothing but eat,drink and make merry?Like that,you don’t need a leader,any tom,dick and harry can fulfill that.

sgdiehard SG

Asia need north Korea to be united under south korea. We need china to stop supporting north korea and to do that we need to make china feel comfortable that a united korea will not be another part of the american containment of China, and politically it will not be a yes man to the yankee. Only then can we be realistic in hoping for a unification of korea, even if it means unification by force.

Shotgun SG

While I am sympathetic to the people of North Korea. I am not sure if a military solution is indeed the best. The people are still Koreans, north or south. A war would simply pit north against the south again. Relatives against relatives. Isn’t that more painful to see?

sgdiehard SG

agree. North Korea is still holding a very large war machine.

Hardcore communist dictatorship is the worse kind for any country.

donchoo SG

Dear leader kim really reminds me of hitler, except hitler did a better job then him. Any of you watched the German film “Downfall”? Shows the last 10 days of hitler’s life.

LazerLordz SG

I think the North Korean people should have risen up against Kim a long time ago, situation is already so dire..whatever happened to the fire of the Korean people. Rolling Eyes

LazerLordz SG

China will not invade Singapore, but she might do a pre-emptive naval incursion to prevent any US blockade of raw materials through the Straits of Malacca in case of a Taiwan straits conflict.

And seeing how the USN bases out from Singapore, you'd be naive to think that we won't get sucked into this war.

Think about our long range air and naval assets, what we have bought and integrated.Our RSAF Blk52+ with A2A refuelling, have the strike range up to Hainan Island and we have near-complete air surveillance of the northern approaches to the South China Sea.

archon1234 SG

The problem for Jap is that they are showing a very negative and bossy attitude to deny their war crimes in WW2. They have repeated denied the existance of all their war crimes despite of strong evidences; eg witness accounts, artifacts (Jap chemcial warfare) and even recovered Jap military documents. Despite that the facts that Jap is a good business partner, we are really worried on how Jap handle the foreign affair; worst of al, they might resort to use war as a method to jump start their economy engines just like the 1930s.

Sg needs to be aware on the changing of the geopolitical landscape in the Far East. Sg would required to build up our technological capability to meet the future challenges.

LazerLordz SG

Regardless, I would see China as a bigger threat.Japan is nothing compared to the belligerance China can come up with if needed.She is ironically acting like Japan pre-WW2 if you look closely.She needs much more resources than Japan and so on..

tvdog SG

David Letterman should make the list of "ten things a little island republic shouldn't do to endanger its existence".

Bombing China would fit somewhere near the top of that list.

Dude, you've grossly over-estimated our military ambitions/capabilites.

38 SG

No there fundamental differences between Japan and China Cool

From history point of view, Japs tried many times to invade China, WWII was not the 1st, and if China dont be alert, it may not be the last. Just see the attitude of those Japs politicians. On the coutrary, China never did even once though its a much bigger country.

From the nationality point of view, Japs intend to bow to the strong yield and respond coldly to soft approaching. Who did the most harmful to Japan? American, whom they worship the most? Yankees! Still remember just not long ago, a number here sing song like we love Japs , for such a person, I persuade him go to the Japs gather house and sing the same tone, see, they will give a A$$ to this guy or not. Twisted Evil

From the geography point of the view, China is much much bigger, thus it feels more secure than japan, Chinese nationality is more open-minded to outside. Thats why, you can see the biggest banks and many strategy asserts are open to foreign investment, and oversea investors can virtually invest almost every industries in PRC and sell goods there. but even look at todays japan, its still basically closed to outsiders.

So how could you see closely, then find todays China is like Japan just before WWII?

getlaid.com SG

Haiz… if China is so strong, then why so many chinaman labourers?

tvdog SG

"Chinaman" a very racist term. So unless you're a racist bigot please stop using that term.

Most of us whom are ethnic chinese Singaporeans had ancestors who came to Singapore as labourers. Singapore was built (literally) on the backs of these labourers.

China is also producing new millionaires faster than anywhere else on earth. A fact which I'm sure you'd love to ignore.

LazerLordz SG

No one's advocating bombing China, but if there is a blockade, will you stand by and let their navy enter our waters or SLOCs?The latter is a non-negotiable pillar of our National Interest.Any intention of blockading our SLOCs is tantamount to declaration of war on us.

See the bigger geo-political picture.We are still a lynchpin in the region, no matter how we try to downplay that role.

LazerLordz SG

China has two roads to choose.Let the CMC hawks take control and we won't see a progressive, prosperous China.Therefore it is vital that Hu be given the full support to reform as he sees fit.

What I was trying to portray is China in the other road, beset by internal strife and using a conflict to attempt to unite the people once more.This has been done throughout the centuries..

« Previous Page Next Page »